Released January 31 2017; 336 pages Author: Phaedra Patrick Overview from Barnes and Noble Website: Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his fern,… Continue reading Review: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
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Review: The Women in Black
Released February 11, 2020; 224 pages Author: Madeleine St. John Overview from Barnes and Noble Website: The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at Goode’s department store, are busy selling ladies’ dresses during the holiday rush. But they somehow find time to pursue other goals… Patty, in her… Continue reading Review: The Women in Black
Review: City of Girls
Released April 7, 2020; 496 pages Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Overview from Barnes and Noble Website: Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both… Continue reading Review: City of Girls
Review: Oona Out of Order
Released February 25, 2020; 352 pages Author: Margarita Montimore Overview from Barnes and Noble Website: It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study… Continue reading Review: Oona Out of Order
